• World Record (WR): 30.31, Jade Edmistone
  Jade Edmistone
  Jade Edmistone is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who is the former world-record holder in the 50 m breaststroke at both short and long course formats of the event. She is coached by Stephan Widmar at the Commercial Swim Club in Brisbane...
  
   (Australia), 30 January 2006 in Melbourne, Australia
  Melbourne
  Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
  
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• Championship Record (CR): 30.45, Jade Edmistone
  Jade Edmistone
  Jade Edmistone is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who is the former world-record holder in the 50 m breaststroke at both short and long course formats of the event. She is coached by Stephan Widmar at the Commercial Swim Club in Brisbane...
  
   (Australia), Montreal 2005
  Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships
  The swimming events at the XI FINA World Championships took place in the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Canada from July 24–31, 2005.The swimming portion consisted of 50 events – 25 for men and 25 for women – all of which were swum in a long-course pool...
  
   (31 July 2005)

Finals

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1st	Jessica Hardy Jessica Hardy Jessica Adele Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50 m breaststroke and the 100 m breaststroke ....	United States	30.63
2nd	Leisel Jones Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...	Australia	30.70
3rd	Tara Kirk Tara Kirk Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....	United States	31.05
4th	Tarnee White Tarnee White Tarnee Renee White OAM is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....	Australia	31.14
5th	Janne Schafer Janne Schäfer Janne Schäfer is a former breaststroke swimmer from Germany.-External links :*...	Germany	31.35
6th	Zoë Baker Zoë Baker Zoë Baker is a former world record holder in swimming who represented Great Britain until 2005 and now represents New Zealand.Baker represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester winning the gold medal in the women's 50 m breaststroke in a time of 30.60 seconds...	New Zealand	31.79
7th	Kate Haywood Kate Haywood Kate Emma Haywood is an English swimmer. She was the youngest swimmer to represent England in the Commonwealth Games when she qualified for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay...	United Kingdom	31.82
8th	Rebecca Ejdervik	Sweden	31.86

Semifinals

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1	Leisel Jones Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...	Australia	30.91	Q
2	Jessica Hardy Jessica Hardy Jessica Adele Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50 m breaststroke and the 100 m breaststroke ....	United States	31.09	Q
3	Tarnee White Tarnee White Tarnee Renee White OAM is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....	Australia	31.14	Q
4	Janne Schafer Janne Schäfer Janne Schäfer is a former breaststroke swimmer from Germany.-External links :*...	Germany	31.23	Q
5	Tara Kirk Tara Kirk Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....	United States	31.27	Q
6	Zoë Baker Zoë Baker Zoë Baker is a former world record holder in swimming who represented Great Britain until 2005 and now represents New Zealand.Baker represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester winning the gold medal in the women's 50 m breaststroke in a time of 30.60 seconds...	New Zealand	31.49	Q
7	Rebecca Ejdervik	Sweden	31.71	Q
8	Kate Haywood Kate Haywood Kate Emma Haywood is an English swimmer. She was the youngest swimmer to represent England in the Commonwealth Games when she qualified for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay...	United Kingdom	31.72	Q
9	Ji Liping Ji Liping -External links:*Swim Rankings *...	Mainland China	31.75
10	Mirna Jukić Mirna Jukic Mirna Jukić is an retired former Austrian swimmer of Croatian origin who won a bronze medal in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She is trained by her father Željko Jukić, a former basketball player...	Austria	31.78
11	Elena Bogomazova	Russia	32.08
12	Roberta Panara	Italy	32.10
13	Anna Khlistunova	Ukraine	32.12
14	Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën is an international-level swimmer from France. At the 2007 World Championships she set a French Record in the 100m Breaststroke ....	Early Modern France	32.17
15	Anne-Mari Gulbrandsen	Norway	32.34	NR
--	Ina Kapishina	Belarus	DQ

Preliminaries

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1	Jessica Hardy Jessica Hardy Jessica Adele Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50 m breaststroke and the 100 m breaststroke ....	United States	30.85	Q
2	Zoë Baker Zoë Baker Zoë Baker is a former world record holder in swimming who represented Great Britain until 2005 and now represents New Zealand.Baker represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester winning the gold medal in the women's 50 m breaststroke in a time of 30.60 seconds...	New Zealand	31.35	Q
3	Leisel Jones Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...	Australia	31.39	Q
	Tara Kirk Tara Kirk Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....	United States		Q
5	Rebecca Ejdervik	Sweden	31.54	Q
6	Tarnee White Tarnee White Tarnee Renee White OAM is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....	Australia	31.65	Q
7	Anna Khlistunova	Ukraine	31.73	Q
8	Janne Schafer Janne Schäfer Janne Schäfer is a former breaststroke swimmer from Germany.-External links :*...	Germany	31.77	Q
9	Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën Anne-Sophie Le Paranthoën is an international-level swimmer from France. At the 2007 World Championships she set a French Record in the 100m Breaststroke ....	Early Modern France	31.84	Q
10	Ina Kapishina	Belarus	31.93	Q
11	Kate Haywood Kate Haywood Kate Emma Haywood is an English swimmer. She was the youngest swimmer to represent England in the Commonwealth Games when she qualified for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay...	United Kingdom	31.95	Q
12	Mirna Jukić Mirna Jukic Mirna Jukić is an retired former Austrian swimmer of Croatian origin who won a bronze medal in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She is trained by her father Željko Jukić, a former basketball player...	Austria	32.06	Q
13	Roberta Panara	Italy	32.17	Q
14	Ji Liping Ji Liping -External links:*Swim Rankings *...	Mainland China	32.25	Q
15	Anne-Mari Gulbrandsen	Norway	32.35	Q, NR
16	Elena Bogomazova	Russia	32.51	Q
17	Annabelle Carey	New Zealand	32.60
18	Yoshimi Miwa	Japan	32.63
19	Ciara Farrell	Republic of Ireland	32.69
	Hanna Westrin Hanna Westrin Hanna Westrin is a Swedish swimmer from Sundsvall.-References:...	Sweden
21	Beata Kaminska	Poland	32.81
22	Suzaan van Biljon Suzaan van Biljon Suzaan van Biljon is an Olympic-swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics, and as of June 2009 holds both African and South African records.-External links:*...	South Africa	32.87
	Chen Huijia Chen Huijia Chen Huijia is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2005 National Games - 5th 100m breaststroke;...	Mainland China
24	Veronica Vdovicenco	Moldova	33.31
	Diana Gomes	Portugal
26	Valeria Silva	Peru	33.32
27	Yuliya Pidlisna	Ukraine	33.88
28	Sara Elbekri	Morocco	34.11
29	Anastasia Christoforou	Cyprus	34.35
30	Man Yi Yvette Kong	Hong Kong	34.36
31	Marina Kuc	Kingdom of Montenegro	34.41
32	I Chuan Chen	Chinese Taipei	34.48
33	Ru'En Roanne Ho	Singapore	34.52
34	Larisa Lăcustă Larisa Lacusta Larisa Lăcustă is a retired breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Romania, who has competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1996 and 2004. She is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.-References:*...	Kingdom of Romania	34.58
35	Ting Ting Koh	Singapore	35.06
36	Daniela Victoria	Venezuela	35.38
37	Danielle Beaubrun Danielle Beaubrun Danielle Beaubrun is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia...	Saint Lucia	35.42
38	Desak Nyoman Rina	Indonesia	35.43
39	Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy Rachel Ah Koy is a Fiji Islander swimmer.She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record in the women's 50 metres breaststroke, with a time of 34.99 sec. during the qualifiers, and a national record in the women's 100 m breaststroke heats, with a time of 1:17.33...	Fiji	35.44
40	On Kei Lei	Macau	35.69
41	Nilshaira Isenia	Netherlands Antilles	35.77
42	Lina Cahya Utami	Indonesia	35.79
43	Dohi Eliane Droubry	Côte d'Ivoire	36.06
44	Natasha Moodie	Jamaica	36.08
45	Herinantenaina Ravoajanahary	Madagascar	36.19
46	Thi Thuan Tran	Vietnam	36.72
47	Sin Ian Lei	Macau	36.73
48	Olga Gnedovskaya	Uzbekistan	36.81
49	Saintsetseg Dashtseren	Mongolia	36.99
50	Blessing Forcados	Nigeria	37.01
51	Karen Poujol Zepeda	Honduras	37.25
52	Katerine Moreno Katerine Moreno Katerine Moreno de Quintanilla is a retired female swimmer from Bolivia. She competed in four Summer Olympics for her native South American country, starting in 1988.-References:*...	Bolivia	37.29
53	Oksana Hatamkhanova Oksana Hatamkhanova Oksana Hatamkhanova is an Olympic swimmer from Azerbaijan. She swam for Azerbaijan at in the 2008 Olympics.In Beijing, she finished 46th in the 100m breaststroke, failing to advance on to the semifinals....	Azerbaijan	37.31
54	Thi Hue Pham	Vietnam	37.36
55	Cai Lin Khoo	Malaysia	37.49
56	Nibal Yamout	Lebanon	37.61
57	Rachel Lannen	Guam	37.63
58	Kelly How Tam Fat	Mauritius	37.88
59	Monica Fernandovna Bernardo	Mozambique	37.95
60	Mercedes Milner	Zambia	38.12
	Chinyere Pigot	Suriname
62	Stacey Ryder	Swaziland	38.34
63	Razan Taha	Jordan	38.38
64	Rovena Marku Rovena Marku Rovena Marku is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Albania, who represented her native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....	Albania	38.64
65	Samantha La Qua	Grenada	39.04
66	Sainzaya Khurelbaatar	Mongolia	40.16
67	Bibidha Rimal	Nepal	41.23
68	Natasha Ratter	Uganda	41.42
69	Debra Daniel	FS Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia or FSM is an independent, sovereign island nation, made up of four states from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae. It comprises approximately 607 islands with c...	42.35
70	Anisa Curraj	Albania	42.56
71	Julianne Kirchner	Marshall Islands	43.66
72	Pamela Girimbazi Rugabira	Rwanda	47.27
73	Aminath Inas Ismail	Maldives	48.10
74	Ingrid Fabienne Outtara	Burkina Faso	48.51
--	Kezimani Liesse	Burundi	DNS
--	Gloria Koussihouede Gloria Koussihouede Gloria Koussihouede, occasionally listed in results as "M. Koussihouede" is an Olympic swimmer from Benin. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-Results:*2004 Olympics: Women's 100 free, 1:30.90...	Benin	DNS
--	Mahfuza Khatun	Bangladesh	DNS
--	Doli Akhter Doli Akhter Doli Akhter, born January 15, 1986, is an Olympic swimmer from Bangladesh.She has swam for Bangladesh at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. On all three occasions, she attended thanks to a wild card qualification....	Bangladesh	DNS
--	Adriana Marmolejo Adriana Marmolejo Adriana Marmolejo is a 3-time Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Mexico. She swam at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics;, making her the first Mexican woman to swim at 3 Olympic Games...	Mexico	DNS
--	Asami Kitagawa Asami Kitagawa is a Japanese Olympic and Nation Record holding swimmer. She swam for Japan at the 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:2006 Doha Asian Games* 50m breaststroke 2nd * 100m breaststroke 1st...	Japan	DNS
--	Kirsty Balfour Kirsty Balfour Kirsty Balfour is a Scottish breaststroke swimmer.She won gold in the 200 metres breaststroke at the European Long-Course Championships in 2006, and took silver in same event at the World Championships in Melbourne in 2007.She announced her retirement from swimming on 7 November 2008 stating she...	United Kingdom	DNS
--	Elisabeth Nikiema	Burkina Faso	DNS